The 1997 BellSouth Open was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
ASB Tennis Centre
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in
Auckland
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in
New Zealand
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and was part of the
World Series
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of the
1997 ATP Tour
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. The tournament ran from 6 January through 12 January 1997. Unseeded
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 ...
won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 ...
defeated
Kenneth Carlsen 7–6
(7–0), 6–0
* It was Björkman's 1st title of the year and the 13th of his career.
Doubles
Ellis Ferreira
Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. Ferreira competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith (born April 16, 1967) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player.
Career
A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He w ...
defeated
Rick Leach
Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...
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Jonathan Stark 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
* It was Ferreira's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Galbraith's 1st title of the year and the 30th of his career.
References
External links
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ATP – tournament profileITF – tournament edition details
{{1997 ATP Tour
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ATP Auckland Open
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January 1997 sports events in Oceania